Story Poem #1

All by herself in that big lonely mansion

She sits by the fire, waiting for him--

Reads a good book, cheats at solitaire,

Takes another drink, still waiting for him.

Then she starts to wonder what went wrong.

What happened to the life she dreamed of having?

He was a young, handsome, hardworking doctor

And she was always the light of his life.

Yet, as he became more familiar with success

He seemed less familiar with his wife and her needs.

The nights he spent at home became fewer

As she realized he was being taken from her.

Not by another woman--she could have dealt with that;

The third side of this triangle was his career.

After too many nights alone in the mansion,

She knew all too well what she had to do,

So she packed her clothes, went back home

And one day married the boy next door.

They shared their love for one another

And, though they never had much money,

She felt richer than ever before.

© 1980 TDD